Samuel Talkington is a Ph.D. student and Graduate Student Researcher in Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering with eight years of hands-on experience applying mathematical and computational methods to energy and infrastructure challenges. Supported by NSF and national lab fellowships, he blends academic research with practical internships at Lawrence Livermore and Mitsubishi Electric, focusing on resilient cyber-physical systems and power system control. He has taught digital logic design as an Instructor of Record, mentoring undergraduates while advancing detection, estimation, and volt-VAR control research. Based in Atlanta, he pairs rigorous ECE training with cross-disciplinary experience—from NASA apprenticeships to national security language study—bringing both technical depth and uncommon breadth to sustainability-oriented engineering problems.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at West Virginia University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
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